May 21, 2001

Under the "4.4 Plan," California will begin a water diet, designed to reduce the state's use of Colorado River water over the next 15 years to the 4.4 million acre-feet it has long been allocated, but always exceeded.

Feature

Under the "4.4 Plan," California will begin a water diet,
designed to reduce the state's use of Colorado River water over the
next 15 years to the 4.4 million acre-feet it has long been
allocated, but always exceeded.

Uncommon Westerners

For 20 years, David Bertelsen has been in love with the
same five-mile trail up Finger Rock Canyon north of Tucson, keeping
track of its animal and plant life and watching out for the
well-being of a fragile landscape.

Idaho's new Office of Species Conservation is supposed to
oversee endangered species recovery in the state, but some fear the
office and its first director, Jim Caswell, will be more concerned
about industry's needs than wildlife.

Book Reviews

In their book, "Tunnel Kids," writer Lawrence J. Taylor
and photographer Maeve Hickey take a compassionate look at a group
of homeless Mexican teenagers who live amid a network of dirty,
dangerous tunnels on the Mexico-U.S. border.

Sidebar

A plan to line with concrete the border's All-American
Canal would save water for California, but endanger the livelihood
of 30,000 people in Mexico's Mexicali Valley, who use the "wasted"
water in agriculture.